The two composers represented on this Naxos release seem an odd pairing, and indeed the works by Jacques Loussier and Ignacy Jan Paderewski were recorded several years apart, in different places. Sonically the whole seems a bit patched together, but actually the jazz rhythms of Loussier and the Eastern European dances of Paderewski fit together pretty well. The prime attraction here is the pair of concertos by the Frenchman Loussier, best known for a series of jazz-classical crossover albums that began appearing in the late ...
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The two composers represented on this Naxos release seem an odd pairing, and indeed the works by Jacques Loussier and Ignacy Jan Paderewski were recorded several years apart, in different places. Sonically the whole seems a bit patched together, but actually the jazz rhythms of Loussier and the Eastern European dances of Paderewski fit together pretty well. The prime attraction here is the pair of concertos by the Frenchman Loussier, best known for a series of jazz-classical crossover albums that began appearing in the late 1950s. Several of those featured jazz performances of music by Bach, coming at the jazz-classical boundary from the side opposite to that of the Modern Jazz Quartet. It couldn't be called emotionally weighty, but it was inventive and avoided repeating itself. What listeners think of the Concerto No. 1 for violin and percussion here probably depends on their reaction to those old albums; although the musical material is original, it is cut from the same cloth, with a very pleasant...
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